Quinn Canyon Wilderness
{{Short description|Wilderness area in Nevada, United States}}
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| location = Nye County, Nevada USA
| nearest_city = Tonopah, NV
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The Quinn Canyon Wilderness is a protected wilderness area in the Quinn Canyon Range of Nye County, in the central section of the state of Nevada in the western United States.
The Quinn Canyon Wilderness covers an area of {{convert|26,256|acre}}, and is administered by the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. The nearest city is Ely, Nevada which is more than {{convert|100|mi|km}} distant by road. The wilderness is about {{convert|12|mi|km}} long and {{convert|4|mi|km}} wide. The wilderness was established by the United States Congress in 1989.
Description
Elevations of the wilderness range from {{convert|6719|ft|m}} at Cherry Creek trailhead to {{convert|10189|ft|m}} at an unnamed high point on the southern edge of the wilderness. The high point is located at 38° 07′ 20″ N and 115° 42′ 31″ W "Wilderness.net" http://www.wilderness.net/NWPS/wildView?WID=478, accessed 3 Mar 2017; Google Earth.
Wilderness.net described Quinn Canyon Wilderness: "Extreme isolation defines Quinn Canyon, a remote central Nevada wilderness. From the main ridgeline of the area, cresting at more than 10,000 feet, many smaller ridges and narrow canyons extend out east and west. In the Vshaped drainages, snowmelt along with summer rains collect in four year-round streams. Several springs usually provide water. From pinyon pine and juniper, the vegetation gives way to sagebrush with scattered white fir, aspen, and mahogany higher up. Small stands of bristlecone pine can be found here, too. Mule deer move into the higher elevations in summer.""Wilderness.net" http://www.wilderness.net/NWPS/wildView?WID=478, accessed 3 Mar 2017
A ten-mile crest of the Quinn Canyon Range is above {{convert|9000|ft|m}} in elevation and is an important summer range for bighorn sheep.
Only a dirt road divides Quinn Canyon Wilderness from the larger Grant Range Wilderness to the north."Quinn Canyon Wilderness" http://www.nevadawilderness.org/quinn_canyon_wilderness, accessed 3 Mar 2017
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/htnf/ official Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest website]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20111017091355/http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/pdf/fedlands/NV.pdf National Atlas: Map of Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070416034057/http://www.nevadawilderness.org/framesets/fmainset.htm Friends of Nevada Wilderness]
{{Protected Areas of Nevada}}
Category:Wilderness areas of Nevada
Category:Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest
Category:Protected areas of Nye County, Nevada
Category:Protected areas established in 1989
Category:1989 establishments in Nevada
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